It Takes Courage to Compete on Analytics
Billy Beane’s “Moneyball” approach to developing and staffing a professional baseball team…
The impact of the drug war in Mexico
For the last couple of years, Mexico has been in the midst…
The Iceland Volcano Ash – A Great Way to Validate Business Analytics
Like many business travelers my flight home to the USA was delayed…
R and the Next Big Thing
I've been traveling for the past few days (for the R/Finance 2010…
Web Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
In “Chapters from My Autobiography”, Mark Twain wrote, “There are lies, damned…
Saturday notes: The Frick and curve balls
Vermeer's 'Officer and Laughing Girl' Yesterday, after lunch in Midtown, I walked…
Accenture study: Companies structured for gut-thinking, not analytics
An Accenture study released today has some grim news for the analytically-minded.…
Side-by-side statistical analyses in R, SAS, SPSS
Have you ever needed to do a type of statistical analysis you…